Q. Why did the French loose the war in Vietnam? In April of 1956 the last remaining French troops would leave Vietnam. After over 200 years of influence and rule‚ the French at last realized that the occupation and control of Vietnam was an unreachable goal. In consideration of the many blunders (both militarily and political) ‚ and the outright ignorance of the French high command‚ any efforts to stabilize Vietnamese nationalism and to maintain french rule over Vietnam were thwarted. Thus
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Justine Hertwig HIS 416 Exam 1 How did the arrival of the Europeans alter the environment of Native Americans? Documentation and oral history help historians piece together the past. We know when and who arrived in early America‚ but we don’t have the most detailed idea of what the now United States actually looked like because technology was at a bare minimum. Columbus arrived in1492 and reported vast empty lands ripe for the taking. If America was properly surveyed at that time‚ Columbus
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they wanted independence‚ political freedom‚ and economic opportunity. The Spanish came as conquerors; the resulting political system was entirely autocratic and solely devoted to the furthering of the motherland. Spain gave its colonies little self-rule. Instead‚ Spanish rulers dictated all the policies of its New World territories. The English and Spanish both wanted to explore and find new territories too politically and economically control. The Spanish colonies developed economically by
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progressive historians is Frederick Jackson Turner. His most famous argument is not devoted strictly to the American Revolution‚ but instead to the effects of the American frontier. In a sentence‚ his argument is that the frontier was the chief determinant in American history. This is not to say that Turner did not write about the war; he did. Even in his seminal work‚ The Frontier in American History‚ there are discussions of the frontier’’s effect on the coming of the revolution. It is worth noting
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To What Extent Did The Civil War Constitute A Revolution In American Society? Whether or not the Civil War constituted a revolution in American society has long been debated by historians. But if you take a look at history‚ you can clearly see that in fact‚ the civil war did constitute a revolution in American society by three big things: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural‚ Blacks being allowed to fight in the Union army‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln was the profound leader
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Geography’s effect on the English colonies is indisputable‚ but was it the primary factor for shaping the colonies? I think it is‚ whether it was good or bad the geography always played an important part in the lives of the English colonist. From the swampy terrain of Jamestown to the bays of the Northern colonies‚ each played an integral part in the development of the colonies. I’ll start with Jamestown‚ one of the first colonies to make it. The beginning of Jamestown was almost it’s end‚ the
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After World War II ended‚ the postwar began and Americans life changed drastically in a radical way. This brought new innovations to the United States‚ which led people have more leisure time than ever before. At that time‚ leisure was an activity people wanted to do because it didn’t implicate working‚ due to all the hard work during World War II. Leisure time flourished‚ largely due to technological innovations. In the early 1950s‚ the American population was in real need of entertainment and leisure
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During the first Seminole War (1817-1818) Andrew Jackson invaded Florida‚ destroyed Black and Indian towns. During this time Blacks fled to the Bahamas. In 1823 some Seminole Indian leaders moved to a reservation in Florida and were ordered to return slaves that did not belong to them. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 decreased Indians would be removed from the west. The Blacks feared if they stayed with the Indians they would be returned to slavery. They took the lead and joined the Seminoles
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campaign for civil liberties and the dynamics of disorder in inter-war Britain. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship the Metropolitan and provincial police forces had with groups fighting for the protection of civil liberties in Britain during the inter-war period‚ principally the NCCL‚ the CPGB and NUWM‚ the Board of Deputies and other Jewish organisations in relation to police mistrust of the political left. Further‚ its purpose would be to consider how this can illuminate
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the controversy over the use of Indian names‚ mascots and images in colleague and professional level sports teams. Indigenous people have lived in North America for more than 15‚000 years‚ developing cultures and lifestyles as diverse as those of their non-Indian counterparts in other regions of the world. In 1492‚ Columbus arrived in the Caribbean Islands believing he had landed in India and thus named the Indigenous
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